GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Tamper , n.
   One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed.
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   An instrument used in tamping; a tamping iron.
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   Tamper , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tampered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tampering.] [A corruption of temper.]
   To meddle; to be busy; to try little experiments; as, to tamper with a disease.
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   'T is dangerous tampering with a muse.
   Roscommon.
   
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   To meddle so as to alter, injure, or vitiate a thing.
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   To deal unfairly; to practice secretly; to use bribery.
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   Others tampered
   For Fleetwood, Desborough, and Lambert.
   Hudibras.
   
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